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by **encore22..** » Tue, 16 May 2006 04:55:20

Since no one has posted this yet ...

Goalkeepers:
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United/ENG)
Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)

Defenders:

Khalid Boulahrouz (SV Hamburg/GER)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona/ESP)
Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar)
Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar)
Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool/ENG)
Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar)
Andr Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)
Johnny Heitinga (Ajax)

Midfielders:

Mark van Bommel (Barcelona/ESP)
Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven)
Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar)
Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax)
Wesley Sneijder (Ajax)
Rafael van der Vaart (SV Hamburg/GER)

Forwards:

Ryan Babel (Ajax)
Dirk Kuijt (Feyenoord)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/ENG)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal/ENG)
Arjen Robben (Chelsea/ENG)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven)

by **encore22..** » Tue, 16 May 2006 04:59:23

Observations :

No one from the Serie A!
AZ Alkmaar with the highest representation!!

by MH » Tue, 16 May 2006 05:20:57

Quote:

> Observations :

> No one from the Serie A!
> AZ Alkmaar with the highest representation!!

Very strange that Vennegor of Hesselink would be prefered to Huntelaar
(or Makaay for that matter)

by **MMcC** » Tue, 16 May 2006 05:25:27

Quote:

>Since no one has posted this yet ...

>Goalkeepers:
>Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United/ENG)
>Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
>Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)

>Defenders:

>Khalid Boulahrouz (SV Hamburg/GER)
>Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona/ESP)
>Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar)
>Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar)
>Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool/ENG)
>Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar)
>Andr Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)
>Johnny Heitinga (Ajax)

>Midfielders:

>Mark van Bommel (Barcelona/ESP)
>Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven)
>Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar)
>Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax)
>Wesley Sneijder (Ajax)
>Rafael van der Vaart (SV Hamburg/GER)

>Forwards:

>Ryan Babel (Ajax)
>Dirk Kuijt (Feyenoord)
>Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/ENG)
>Robin van Persie (Arsenal/ENG)
>Arjen Robben (Chelsea/ENG)
>Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven)

No Makaay???????

Has Seedorf retired from Intl football? I thought he was still a
fairly regular starter fro Milan.

by **Simon Schiffeleer** » Tue, 16 May 2006 05:26:22

Quote:

> Very strange that Vennegor of Hesselink would be prefered to Huntelaar (or
> Makaay for that matter)

I think VoH is prefered because of his length, he'll be only used as a
pinch-hitter.
Huntelaar and Makaay arent that kind of players.

In my opinion RvH isnt the man in form, Huntelaar would have been a better
first striker.

Simon

by **ruud** » Tue, 16 May 2006 07:21:42

Quote:

>No Makaay???????

Makaay wasn't even picked in the initial squad of 34

Quote:

>Has Seedorf retired from Intl football? I thought he was still a
>fairly regular starter fro Milan.

Seedorf missed out, so did Davids.

Only survivors from France '98 (iirc)

Ooijer
van der Sar
van Bronckhorst

by **Gabbag** » Tue, 16 May 2006 07:52:07

Quote:

> No Makaay???????

He's been out of the picture for a long time... That said, I have no
idea why.

by **MMcC** » Tue, 16 May 2006 09:31:49

Quote:

>>No Makaay???????

>Makaay wasn't even picked in the initial squad of 34

>>Has Seedorf retired from Intl football? I thought he was still a
>>fairly regular starter fro Milan.

>Seedorf missed out, so did Davids.

>Only survivors from France '98 (iirc)

>Ooijer
>van der Sar
>van Bronckhorst

Davids I can understand, having seen him on a number of occasions for
Spurs this year, he's past it.

Makaay is still scoring bucketfulls of goals for Bayern, year in year
out. Seems like a strange ommison.

Same with Seedorf. Granted I've never seen Lanzaat and Maduro, but
they must be pretty damn good to be keeping a guy with his experience
out of the squad.

Is there some other factor at work here, personality clashes with Van
Basten? Not that that would be unusual for the Dutch.

by **ruud** » Tue, 16 May 2006 09:45:57

Quote:

>Davids I can understand, having seen him on a number of occasions for
>Spurs this year, he's past it.

>Makaay is still scoring bucketfulls of goals for Bayern, year in year
>out. Seems like a strange ommison.

>Same with Seedorf. Granted I've never seen Lanzaat and Maduro, but
>they must be pretty damn good to be keeping a guy with his experience
>out of the squad.

>Is there some other factor at work here, personality clashes with Van
>Basten? Not that that would be unusual for the Dutch.

I don't think so. Maybe these guys are better. I have to admit I'm
surprised also, the squad looks a bit thin in midfield. I can only go
on what I read in the Dutch press because I'm 20000km away and we
don't get a lot of Dutch football on the box. My inclination is to
trust that van Basten knows what he's doing. I can't really help
because I see plenty of Seedorf but little of the guys who've kept him
out of the squad. But the Dutch press seems happy, there's little to
no criticism of Seedorf's missing out. Maybe they see these guys day
in & day out and seem convinced they can do the job.

Maybe one of the people who actually lives there can offer an opinion.

by **Mark V** » Tue, 16 May 2006 11:05:33

Quote:

> Since no one has posted this yet ...

> Goalkeepers:
> Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United/ENG)
> Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
> Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)

> Defenders:

> Khalid Boulahrouz (SV Hamburg/GER)
> Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona/ESP)
> Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar)
> Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar)
> Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool/ENG)
> Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar)
> Andr Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)
> Johnny Heitinga (Ajax)

> Midfielders:

> Mark van Bommel (Barcelona/ESP)
> Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven)
> Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar)
> Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax)
> Wesley Sneijder (Ajax)
> Rafael van der Vaart (SV Hamburg/GER)

> Forwards:

> Ryan Babel (Ajax)
> Dirk Kuijt (Feyenoord)
> Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/ENG)
> Robin van Persie (Arsenal/ENG)
> Arjen Robben (Chelsea/ENG)
> Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven)

No room for Seedorf? Is this A) the Netherlands' most
Eredivisie-centric entry in a major tournament in awhile and B) its
whitest team in awhile? 14 of 22 are Netherlands-based.

by **alkami..** » Tue, 16 May 2006 11:20:17

Either MVB really knows what he's doing, or he has no idea what he's
doing. One thing is for sure though, he is nobody's patsy.

by **Matthias Mühlic** » Tue, 16 May 2006 18:00:14

Quote:

> No one from the Serie A!
> AZ Alkmaar with the highest representation!!

5x AZ Alkmaar
5x Ajax Amsterdam
3x PSV Eindhoven
2x Manchester United
2x Hamburger SV
1x Feyenoord <--- this is a little bit surprising for me...

by **Hinn** » Tue, 16 May 2006 21:32:15

Van Basten wanted players he can control, who won't see themselves as
above the team and be a bad influence on their campaign. It's been this
way through the qualifiers.

by JK » Tue, 16 May 2006 23:30:15

Quote:

> No Makaay???????

> Has Seedorf retired from Intl football?

Don't think so, but he's never come close to replicating his club form
with NL and just doesn't seem to fit.

I thought he was still a

Quote:

> fairly regular starter fro Milan.

--
JK
http://my-morning-song.blogspot.com/

by **encore22..** » Wed, 17 May 2006 00:31:17

Yes, I thought so too. Seedorf and Davids dont have good records
as team players, at least in their younger days.

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